Reconstruction:Latin/ploppus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Metathetical alteration of Classical Latin pōpulus (“poplar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈploppʊs/

Noun

*plōppus m (oblique *plōppum); second declension (Proto-Romance)

  1. poplar tree

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: plup, plop
    • Romanian: plop
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Corsican: piobu
    • Italian: pioppo
    • Sicilian: chiuppu
    • ⇒ Venetan: piopa
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • → Albanian: plep
    • → Volapük: plop (via descendants)
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